diff --git a/src/network.zig b/src/network.zig
index 4877cb838..f6f385a86 100644
--- a/src/network.zig
+++ b/src/network.zig
@@ -720,42 +720,13 @@ pub const Protocols = struct {
 	};
 	pub const chunkTransmission = struct {
 		pub const id: u8 = 3;
-		fn receive(_: *Connection, _data: []const u8) !void {
-			var data = _data;
-			const pos = chunk.ChunkPosition{
-				.wx = std.mem.readInt(i32, data[0..4], .big),
-				.wy = std.mem.readInt(i32, data[4..8], .big),
-				.wz = std.mem.readInt(i32, data[8..12], .big),
-				.voxelSize = @intCast(std.mem.readInt(i32, data[12..16], .big)),
-			};
-			const _inflatedData = main.stackAllocator.alloc(u8, chunk.chunkVolume*4);
-			defer main.stackAllocator.free(_inflatedData);
-			const _inflatedLen = try utils.Compression.inflateTo(_inflatedData, data[16..]);
-			if(_inflatedLen != chunk.chunkVolume*4) {
-				std.log.err("Transmission of chunk has invalid size: {}. Input data: {any}, After inflate: {any}", .{_inflatedLen, data, _inflatedData[0.._inflatedLen]});
-			}
-			data = _inflatedData;
-			const ch = chunk.Chunk.init(pos);
-			for(0..chunk.chunkVolume) |i| {
-				ch.data.setValue(i, Block.fromInt(std.mem.readInt(u32, data[0..4], .big)));
-				data = data[4..];
-			}
+		fn receive(_: *Connection, data: []const u8) !void {
+			const ch = try main.server.storage.ChunkCompression.decompressChunk(data);
 			renderer.mesh_storage.updateChunkMesh(ch);
 		}
 		fn sendChunkOverTheNetwork(conn: *Connection, ch: *chunk.Chunk) void {
-			var uncompressedData: [chunk.chunkVolume*@sizeOf(u32)]u8 = undefined;
-			for(0..chunk.chunkVolume) |i| {
-				std.mem.writeInt(u32, uncompressedData[4*i..][0..4], ch.data.getValue(i).toInt(), .big);
-			}
-			const compressedData = utils.Compression.deflate(main.stackAllocator, &uncompressedData);
-			defer main.stackAllocator.free(compressedData);
-			const data = main.stackAllocator.alloc(u8, 16 + compressedData.len);
+			const data = main.server.storage.ChunkCompression.compressChunk(main.stackAllocator, ch);
 			defer main.stackAllocator.free(data);
-			@memcpy(data[16..], compressedData);
-			std.mem.writeInt(i32, data[0..4], ch.pos.wx, .big);
-			std.mem.writeInt(i32, data[4..8], ch.pos.wy, .big);
-			std.mem.writeInt(i32, data[8..12], ch.pos.wz, .big);
-			std.mem.writeInt(i32, data[12..16], ch.pos.voxelSize, .big);
 			conn.sendImportant(id, data);
 		}
 		fn sendChunkLocally(ch: *chunk.Chunk) void {
diff --git a/src/server/server.zig b/src/server/server.zig
index 7c2c6d5df..b47e7a866 100644
--- a/src/server/server.zig
+++ b/src/server/server.zig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const Vec3d = vec.Vec3d;
 pub const ServerWorld = @import("world.zig").ServerWorld;
 pub const terrain = @import("terrain/terrain.zig");
 pub const Entity = @import("Entity.zig");
+pub const storage = @import("storage.zig");
 
 
 pub const User = struct {
diff --git a/src/server/storage.zig b/src/server/storage.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..608747078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/storage.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const main = @import("root");
+const chunk = main.chunk;
+
+pub const RegionFile = struct {
+	const version = 0;
+	const regionShift = 2;
+	const regionSize = 1 << regionShift;
+	const regionVolume = 1 << 3*regionShift;
+
+	const headerSize = 8 + regionSize*regionSize*regionSize*@sizeOf(u32);
+
+	chunks: [regionVolume][]u8 = .{&.{}} ** regionVolume,
+	pos: chunk.ChunkPosition,
+	mutex: std.Thread.Mutex = .{},
+	modified: bool = false,
+
+	fn getIndex(x: usize, y: usize, z: usize) usize {
+		std.debug.assert(x < regionSize and y < regionSize and z < regionSize);
+		return ((x*regionSize) + y)*regionSize + z;
+	}
+
+	pub fn init(pos: chunk.ChunkPosition, saveFolder: []const u8) *RegionFile {
+		std.debug.assert(pos.wx & (1 << chunk.chunkShift+regionShift)-1 == 0);
+		std.debug.assert(pos.wy & (1 << chunk.chunkShift+regionShift)-1 == 0);
+		std.debug.assert(pos.wz & (1 << chunk.chunkShift+regionShift)-1 == 0);
+		const self = main.globalAllocator.create(RegionFile);
+		self.* = .{
+			.pos = pos,
+		};
+
+		const path = std.fmt.allocPrint(main.stackAllocator.allocator, "{s}/{}/{}/{}/{}.region", .{saveFolder, pos.voxelSize, pos.wx, pos.wy, pos.wz}) catch unreachable;
+		defer main.stackAllocator.free(path);
+		const data = main.files.read(main.stackAllocator, path) catch {
+			return self;
+		};
+		defer main.stackAllocator.free(data);
+		if(data.len < headerSize) {
+			std.log.err("Region file {s} is too small", .{path});
+			return self;
+		}
+		var i: usize = 0;
+		const fileVersion = std.mem.readInt(u32, data[i..][0..4], .big);
+		i += 4;
+		const fileSize = std.mem.readInt(u32, data[i..][0..4], .big);
+		i += 4;
+		if(fileVersion != version) {
+			std.log.err("Region file {s} has incorrect version {}. Requires version {}.", .{path, fileVersion, version});
+			return self;
+		}
+		const sizes: [regionVolume] u32 = undefined;
+		var totalSize: usize = 0;
+		for(0..regionVolume) |j| {
+			const size = std.mem.readInt(u32, data[i..][0..4], .big);
+			i += 4;
+			sizes[j] = size;
+			totalSize += size;
+		}
+		std.debug.assert(i == headerSize);
+		if(fileSize != data.len - i or totalSize != fileSize) {
+			std.log.err("Region file {s} is corrupted", .{path});
+		}
+		for(0..regionVolume) |j| {
+			const size = sizes[j];
+			if(size != 0) {
+				self.chunks[j] = main.globalAllocator.alloc(u8, size);
+				@memcpy(self.chunks[j], data[i..][0..size]);
+				i += size;
+			}
+		}
+		std.debug.assert(i == data.len);
+	}
+
+	pub fn deinit(self: *RegionFile) void {
+		std.debug.assert(!self.modified);
+		for(self.chunks) |ch| {
+			main.globalAllocator.free(ch);
+		}
+		main.globalAllocator.destroy(self);
+	}
+
+	pub fn store(self: *RegionFile, saveFolder: []const u8) void {
+		self.mutex.lock();
+		defer self.mutex.unlock();
+		self.modified = false;
+
+		var totalSize: usize = 0;
+		for(self.chunks) |ch| {
+			totalSize += ch.len;
+		}
+		if(totalSize > std.math.maxInt(u32)) {
+			std.log.err("Size of region file {} is too big to be stored", .{self.pos});
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const data = main.stackAllocator.alloc(u8, totalSize + headerSize);
+		var i: usize = 0;
+		std.mem.writeInt(u32, data[i..][0..4], version, .big);
+		i += 4;
+		std.mem.writeInt(u32, data[i..][0..4], @intCast(totalSize), .big);
+		i += 4;
+		for(0..regionVolume) |j| {
+			std.mem.writeInt(u32, data[i..][0..4], @intCast(self.chunks[j].len), .big);
+			i += 4;
+		}
+		std.debug.assert(i == headerSize);
+
+		for(0..regionVolume) |j| {
+			const size = self.chunks[j].len;
+			@memcpy(data[i..][0..size], self.chunks[j]);
+			i += size;
+		}
+		std.debug.assert(i == data.len);
+
+		const path = std.fmt.allocPrint(main.stackAllocator.allocator, "{s}/{}/{}/{}/{}.region", .{saveFolder, self.pos.voxelSize, self.pos.wx, self.pos.wy, self.pos.wz}) catch unreachable;
+		defer main.stackAllocator.free(path);
+
+		main.files.write(path, data) catch |err| {
+			std.log.err("Error while writing to file {s}: {s}", .{path, @errorName(err)});
+		};
+	}
+
+	pub fn storeChunk(self: *RegionFile, ch: []const u8, relX: usize, relY: usize, relZ: usize) void {
+		self.mutex.lock();
+		defer self.mutex.unlock();
+		const index = getIndex(relX, relY, relZ);
+		self.chunks[index] = main.globalAllocator.realloc(self.chunks[index], ch.len);
+		@memcpy(self.chunks[index], ch);
+	}
+};
+
+pub const ChunkCompression = struct {
+	const CompressionAlgo = enum(u32) {
+		deflate = 0,
+		_,
+	};
+	pub fn compressChunk(allocator: main.utils.NeverFailingAllocator, ch: *chunk.Chunk) []const u8 {
+		ch.mutex.lock();
+		defer ch.mutex.unlock();
+		var uncompressedData: [chunk.chunkVolume*@sizeOf(u32)]u8 = undefined;
+		for(0..chunk.chunkVolume) |i| {
+			std.mem.writeInt(u32, uncompressedData[4*i..][0..4], ch.data.getValue(i).toInt(), .big);
+		}
+		const compressedData = main.utils.Compression.deflate(main.stackAllocator, &uncompressedData);
+		defer main.stackAllocator.free(compressedData);
+		const data = allocator.alloc(u8, 20 + compressedData.len);
+		@memcpy(data[20..], compressedData);
+		std.mem.writeInt(i32, data[0..4], @intFromEnum(CompressionAlgo.deflate), .big);
+		std.mem.writeInt(i32, data[4..8], ch.pos.wx, .big);
+		std.mem.writeInt(i32, data[8..12], ch.pos.wy, .big);
+		std.mem.writeInt(i32, data[12..16], ch.pos.wz, .big);
+		std.mem.writeInt(i32, data[16..20], ch.pos.voxelSize, .big);
+		return data;
+	}
+
+	pub fn decompressChunk(_data: []const u8) error{corrupted}!*chunk.Chunk {
+		var data = _data;
+		if(data.len < 4) return error.corrupted;
+		const algo: CompressionAlgo = @enumFromInt(std.mem.readInt(u32, data[0..4], .big));
+		data = data[4..];
+		switch(algo) {
+			.deflate => {
+				if(data.len < 16) return error.corrupted;
+				const pos = chunk.ChunkPosition{
+					.wx = std.mem.readInt(i32, data[0..4], .big),
+					.wy = std.mem.readInt(i32, data[4..8], .big),
+					.wz = std.mem.readInt(i32, data[8..12], .big),
+					.voxelSize = @intCast(std.mem.readInt(i32, data[12..16], .big)),
+				};
+				const _inflatedData = main.stackAllocator.alloc(u8, chunk.chunkVolume*4);
+				defer main.stackAllocator.free(_inflatedData);
+				const _inflatedLen = main.utils.Compression.inflateTo(_inflatedData, data[16..]) catch return error.corrupted;
+				if(_inflatedLen != chunk.chunkVolume*4) {
+					return error.corrupted;
+				}
+				data = _inflatedData;
+				const ch = chunk.Chunk.init(pos);
+				for(0..chunk.chunkVolume) |i| {
+					ch.data.setValue(i, main.blocks.Block.fromInt(std.mem.readInt(u32, data[0..4], .big)));
+					data = data[4..];
+				}
+				return ch;
+			},
+			_ => {
+				return error.corrupted;
+			},
+		}
+	}
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/world.zig b/src/server/world.zig
index 3410cb746..2d65cc339 100644
--- a/src/server/world.zig
+++ b/src/server/world.zig
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ const server = @import("server.zig");
 const User = server.User;
 const Entity = server.Entity;
 
+const storage = @import("storage.zig");
+
 const ChunkManager = struct {
 	world: *ServerWorld,
 	terrainGenerationProfile: server.terrain.TerrainGenerationProfile,